Alde Manuce et L'Hellinisme à Venise: Hellenisme dans l'occident, etc.
by Ambroise Firmin-Didot
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Neenah, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Firmin-Didot's well-known study of Alde Manuce (Aldus Manutius or Aldo Manuzio ca. 1450-1515), the famous Venetian printer, scholar, humanist, typeface inventor, Philhellene, and founder of the Aldine Press, and his involvement in printing and making available original classic Greek texts, in the context of Hellenism in Venice and elsewhere in the Renaissance. First published in Paris in 1875.
Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876) was a scion of the famous Didot family of printers, publishers and booksellers. He was also a diplomat and Philhellene, and studied Greek under the famous scholar Adamantios Koraïs.
647 pages.
Ambroise Firmin-Didot (1790-1876) was a scion of the famous Didot family of printers, publishers and booksellers. He was also a diplomat and Philhellene, and studied Greek under the famous scholar Adamantios Koraïs.
647 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Setton Book Collection (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 104
- Title
- Alde Manuce et L'Hellinisme à Venise
- Author
- Ambroise Firmin-Didot
- Format/Binding
- Red cloth, silver stamped title in black field
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Culture et Civilisation
- Place of Publication
- Brussels
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Aldo Manuzio, Renaissance, Humanism, Venice, Hellenism, History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Italian Renaissance;
- Size
- 24 cm x 16 cm x 42.75 cm
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Setton Book Collection
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Neenah, Wisconsin
About Setton Book Collection
European history, with a loose focus on the late medieval/early Renaissance period, including the Crusades; some first or contemporary editions from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries; some scholarly works in English, French, German, Italian, Modern Greek, Catalan, Russian.Some works from the libraries of Reeve Shley at Ripplebrook; John L. La Monte; Kenneth M. Setton; Howard Ellison Whitney; Wilhelmina, Duchess of Cleveland; Washington Shirley, 9th Earl Ferrers, Joseph Harrison Brazier; Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.Also some exotic Americana and other eclectic gems that have serendipitously popped up over the years."I just wanted to say that the service and quality of the book received from 'Setton Book Collection' was exceptional. I am very pleased with the book: A Narrative of the Conversion and Death of Count Struensee. 5 star service all the way.Best Regards,Pete,London, England13 October 2020